[PATCH v14 6/8] doc: Add measured boot documentation

Eddie James eajames at linux.ibm.com
Tue Oct 24 17:43:52 CEST 2023


Briefly describe the feature and specify the requirements.

Signed-off-by: Eddie James <eajames at linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
Changes since v12:
 - Add a bit of detail about OS usage and what pieces are measured

 doc/usage/index.rst         |  1 +
 doc/usage/measured_boot.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/usage/measured_boot.rst

diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
index 98b4719c40..bf53bb6bda 100644
--- a/doc/usage/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Use U-Boot
    partitions
    cmdline
    semihosting
+   measured_boot
 
 Shell commands
 --------------
diff --git a/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst b/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aad590859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Measured Boot
+=====================
+
+U-Boot can perform a measured boot, the process of hashing various components
+of the boot process, extending the results in the TPM and logging the
+component's measurement in memory for the operating system to consume.
+
+By default, U-Boot will measure the operating system (linux) image, the
+initrd image, and the "bootargs" environment variable. By enabling
+CONFIG_MEASURE_DEVICETREE, U-Boot will also measure the devicetree image.
+
+The operating system typically would verify that the hashes found in the
+TPM PCRs match the contents of the event log. This can further be checked
+against the hash results of previous boots.
+
+Requirements
+---------------------
+
+* A hardware TPM 2.0 supported by the U-Boot drivers
+* CONFIG_TPM=y
+* CONFIG_MEASURED_BOOT=y
+* Device-tree configuration of the TPM device to specify the memory area
+  for event logging. The TPM device node must either contain a phandle to
+  a reserved memory region or "linux,sml-base" and "linux,sml-size"
+  indicating the address and size of the memory region. An example can be
+  found in arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
+* The operating system must also be configured to use the memory regions
+  specified in the U-Boot device-tree in order to make use of the event
+  log.
-- 
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